Will Macht

William P. Macht is a professor of urban planning and development at the Center for Real Estate at Portland State University in Oregon and a development consultant. (Comments about projects profiled, as well as proposals for future profiles, should be directed to the author at [email protected].)

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A light-gauge steel structural system allows an apartment building to rise 12 stories above five parking levels in Atlanta.
A San Francisco developer imports Chinese steel modules to install 22 units of graduate student housing in only four days.
A novel condo development incorporates fully robotic parking and direct access to high-end units.
Over the past two decades, the form, face, and future of this former military installation have been emerging.
A national developer transforms a faded Texas strip center into a mixed-use place around a central urban street.
James Rouse’s visionary development is 50 years old. The process of urbanizing its town center may create a model for other suburban developments.
Public/private partnerships build a mixed-use, urban-scaled community in Union City, California.
International developer Hines turns an old factory site into transit-oriented urban housing near the terminus of Boston’s Red Line.
An office building in Palo Alto, California, benefits its city utility, university landowner, tenants, and the developer.
A Denver developer activates an alley to tie together a hotel, offices, food, and “maker” retail on the site of a former dairy.
The scale of Portland’s and Vancouver’s small blocks sets patterns that solve multiple development problems and can be a contemporary model for developing urbane, walkable, and sustainable communities.
An architect splits an apartment complex in a small metropolitan town in the Pacific Northwest to capture views and make units private, urbane, and whole.
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